Stem Cells Restore Sight For Corneal Disease Patients

Sean0michael writes "Australian scientists have restored the sight of three human test subjects using stem cells cultured in contact lenses. All the patients were blind in only one eye. Two were legally blind, but can now read the big letters on an eye chart. The third could read the first few lines, but is now able to pass a driver's test. The University of New South Wales reports that these patients all had damaged corneas, and the stem cells came from each person's good eye. The best part: the procedure is inexpensive, raising hopes for being able to push this to the third world sooner than other, more expensive medications."

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Re:!embroyonic

[geekoid]

How is it not a break through? becasue the tested using rats?

Science worshiper make no sense at all. IT'a about facts and studies. PROVABLE stuff.
Let me know when you idiots can cook up nay way to verify your religious hypothesis.

All test have shown there is no god. You got one that does?

Take your ritual cannibalism zombie savior belief to church and seek comfort in the other ignorant mean fuckers that think their belief trumpets peoples right, kindness, science and common sense.

Oh yeah, I have read the Church doctrine mother fucker, so bring it on.

I am not suprised you ahve no idea how and where they get Stem Cells.

If you are against this research, then you are also against in vitro fertilization. Funny, I have yet to find one of you righteous assholes who are against in vitro fertilization even though the by product is where they get the Blastocyst from; which isn't a fetus yet.
I am sick of you cock sucker forcing your belief down the throat of others. You don't like it? fine don't take any life saving treatments from it. Do not tell me what to do based on your made up shit.

the number 1 cause of atheism is studying the bible, dip wad.

You don't like science fuck face? get the hell off the interent becasue it is possible from science.
To quote Carl Sagan: "Science delivers the goods"

Legally Blind ???

[icebike]

Quote:

" Two were legally blind, but can now read the big letters on an eye chart. "

So they are STILL Legally blind.

Legally blind is 20/200. http://ask.yahoo.com/20021031.html

The big letters are 20/200, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_chart

So if that's the best they can do, they are STILL legally blind, and I'm Still and insensitive clod.

replace stem cells

[papasui]

with ADAM and I think you got yourself a plot line to a popular video game.